Re: _syscall2 in PIC code on ix86

From: Horst von Brand (vonbrand@pincoya.inf.utfsm.cl)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2000 - 14:14:19 EST


hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) said:
> Keith Owens <kaos@ocs.com.au>
> > Please do not change the kernel to add _syscall_pic code, it is
> > unnecessary bloat. It is a userspace problem which needs a userspace
> > solution. I have these working defines for syscall_pic, but they
> > should not go in the kernel.

> I don't really think that's the case; it's a kernel interface issue,
> and since it's just a bunch of macros it doesn't add any bloat to the
> kernel proper.

Source bloat is bloat too...

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